Pirojpur holds consultation meeting on reducing plastic pollution and integrated waste management to protect Sundarbans biodiversity.

Pirojpur Correspondent. A district-level consultation meeting has been held in Pirojpur calling for reducing plastic pollution and strengthening integrated waste management to protect Sundarbans from the harmful effects of plastic and polythene pollution. This Thursday (August 6) morning, the meeting, organized at the Pirojpur Sadar Upazila Parishad auditorium by the initiative of the Transformation and with the support of the German Government (IGAT) and Helvetas Germany, was attended by government officials, environment-related people, media personnel, representatives of various organizations and youth representatives. The meeting was chaired by Swapan Kumar Guha, Executive Director of Transformation, and was chaired by Deputy Commissioner Md. Abu Sayeed. Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Md. Alauddin Bhuiyan Joni, Sadar Upazila Executive Officer Mamunur Rashid, Deputy Director of the Youth Development Department Md. Abdul Hai Mallick, Assistant Director of Environment Department Pirojpur Nikhil Chandra Dhali, Assistant Conservator of Forests Bagerhat Supriya Hui, Head of Program Sharia Mannan of Helvetas Bangladesh, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Recycle Jar Md. Monowarul Islam, Project Coordinator of Transformation Subhasish Bhattacharya and Project Officer Shaheda Banu Sonia were present and gave environmental guidelines. Chief Guest Deputy Commissioner Abu Sayeed said that Sundarbans is a priceless natural resource of the country. To keep it pollution-free, waste segregation from the source stage, increase the use of recyclable waste and ensure integrated waste management. The district administration is conducting extensive activities including running mobile courts at different times to keep Pirojpur pollution-free. We all have to work together to keep Sundarbans and its surrounding districts pollution-free. It was informed in the meeting that under the project, 17 youth forums have been formed with 530 youth in 17 upazilas of five districts adjacent to Sundarbans. They have already conducted more than 300 awareness programs and distributed 170,000 eco-friendly bags. The meeting emphasized the need for more active participation and coordinated initiatives of youth leadership in environmental protection.